Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | |
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| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Malta
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| place | Conventions Center in Ta 'Qali, Malta |
| date | 3rd February 2018 |
| Number of participants | 16 |
| Number of contributions | 16 |
| poll | 50% televoting, 50% jury voting |
| Pause filler | Claudia Faniello & Gianluca Cilia |
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The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018 took place on February 3, 2018 and was the Maltese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon ( Portugal ). Christabelle won the preliminary round with her song Taboo .
format
concept
With the confirmation of Malta's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, it was announced at the same time that the MESC will again serve as the preliminary decision. The concept corresponds to the preliminary decision from last year after the semifinals were canceled. In 2018 there was again a final with 16 participants, where for the first time the winner was determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting.
Choice of contribution
Contributions could be submitted from July 7th to September 1st, 2017. However, each participant had to pay 150 euros as a participation fee. A total of 129 contributions were received by TVM, which then go through three further phases. In the first phase, the 129 contributions were reduced to 60 contributions. These were determined by local juries. In the second phase, the 60 contributions were reduced to 30 contributions. These 30 contributions were determined by local and international juries. On September 15, TVM presented the list with the 30 articles, which have now been reduced to 16 articles in the third and final phase.
Attendees
On October 11th, TVM announced the 16 finalists, who were determined internally by a jury. Among them were returnees to the MESC. Brooke Borg tried to represent Malta in 2016 and 2017, Christabelle Borg tried to do so in 2015 and 2016. Deborah C also tried to win the competition on the seventh attempt. But Danica Muscat and Lawrence Gray have also tried several times to represent Malta at the ESC. Best known of all was Richard Micallef, who represented Malta at the ESC in 2014 as part of the band Firelight .
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
 AL |
 IS |
 IT |
 MK |
 CZ |
Points | ||
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| jury | spectator | total | |||||||||||
| 1. | 13 | Christabelle Borg |
Taboo M / T: Johnny Sanchez, Thomas G: son , Christabelle Borg, Muxu |
English | taboo | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 73 | 133 |
| 2. | 8th | Richard & Joe Micallef |
Song for Dad M / T: Cyprian Cassar, Richard Micallef |
English | Song for father | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7th | 4th | 31 | 67 | 98 |
| 3. | 12 | Brooke Borg |
Heart of Gold M / T: Borislav Milanov, Dag Lundberg, Niklas Lif, Brooke Borg |
English | heart of gold | 8th | 6th | 10 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 47 | 84 |
| 4th | 1 | Aidan |
Dai Laga M / T: Aidan Cassar |
English with Hindi title | Have a chance | 6th | 10 | 7th | 3 | 8th | 34 | 8th | 42 |
| 5. | 10 | Eleanor Cassar |
Back to Life M / T: Jonas Gladnikoff, Michael James Down |
English | Back to life | 7th | 2 | 1 | 8th | 1 | 19th | 17th | 36 |
| 6th | 16 | Petra |
Evolution M / T: Elton Zarb, Muxu |
English | evolution | 3 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 27 | 6th | 33 |
| 7th | 4th | Matthew Anthony |
Call 2morrow M / T: Jonas Gladnikoff, Tom Wiklund, Peder Eriksson |
English | Call tomorrow | 4th | 3 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 26th | 6th | 32 |
| 8th. | 3 | Jasmine Abela |
Supernovas M / T: Charlie Mason, Jonas Thander |
English | Supernovas | 2 | 8th | - | 5 | 10 | 25th | 6th | 31 |
| 9. | 15th | Avenue Sky |
We can Run M / T: Jonas Gladnikoff, Matthew Ker, Glen Vella |
English | We can run | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15th | 16 |
| 10. | 6th | Dwett |
Breaking Point M / T: Elton Zarb, Muxu |
English | Breaking point | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15th |
| 11. | 11 | Rhiannon |
Beyond Blue Horizons M / T: Rhiannon Micallef, Cyprian Cassar |
English | Over blue horizons | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6th | 9 | 5 | 14th |
| 12. | 2 | Miriana Conte |
Rocket M / T: Cyprian Cassar, Muxu |
English | rocket | 5 | 4th | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | 14th |
| 13. | 14th | Deborah C |
Turn it Up M / T: Christian Schneider, Aidan O'Connor, Sara Biglert, Erik Grönwall |
English | Pop up | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 14th | 9 | Tiziana Calleja |
First Time M / T: Tina Stenberg |
English | First time | - | - | 4th | - | - | 4th | 8th | 12 |
| 15th | 7th | Lawrence Gray |
Love Renegade M / T: Cyprian Cassar, Muxu |
English | Apostate love | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4th | 7th |
| 16. | 5 | Danica Muscat |
One step at a Time M / T: John Ballard, Ruth Mussie, Jerusalem Yemane, Irena Krstva, Kian Fakhary |
English | One step with the times | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Neil Farren: Malta: Christabelle Borg to Eurovision 2018. In: eurovoix.com. February 3, 2018, accessed February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Stratos Agadellis: Malta: Call for songs for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2018. In: esctoday.com. July 7, 2017, accessed October 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Jessica Weaver: Malta: 30 songs shortlisted in the first phase of MESC. In: esctoday.com. September 15, 2017, accessed October 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Neil Farren: MALTA: 16 FINALISTS FOR MALTA EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018 REVEALED. In: eurovoix.com. October 11, 2017, accessed October 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Chris Halpin: BROOKE, CHRISTABELLE AND DEBORAH C AMONG THE 16 MALTA EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018 FINALISTS. In: wiwibloggs.com. October 11, 2017, accessed October 12, 2017 .
- ↑ William Lee Adams: MALTA EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018: AIDAN OPENS FEBRUARY 3 FINAL, PETRA PERFORMS LAST. In: wiwibloggs.com. October 16, 2017, accessed October 23, 2017 .